About Kerstin Hensel
Born 1961. Kerstin Hensel is a German university teacher and writer.
Kerstin Hensel (born 1961) is a German writer.
Biography Hensel was born in 1961 in Karl-Marx Stadt in the former GDR. A trained nurse, she also studied at the Johannes R. Becher Institute of Literature in Leipzig. She has published numerous books in a variety of genres including novels, short stories, poetry and plays. She has won several literary prizes, among which the most notable are the Anna Seghers Prize in 1987 and the Lessing Prize (Förderpreis) in 1997.
Awards 1987 Anna Seghers-Preis 1991 Leonce-und-Lena-Preis of the City of Darmstadt 2014 Walter-Bauer-Preis
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Who is Kerstin Hensel?
German writer
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Kerstin Hensel was born on 29 May 1961 in Chemnitz.
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Kerstin Hensel is a university teacher and writer.
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Kerstin Hensel is German.
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